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In its current form, the Franciscan convent in the town of Castelli, in Italy’s Teramo province, dates back to the second half of the 17th century. It presents an evenly distributed layout arrayed around a richly frescoed cloister.

From the start of the last century, and up through at least the nineteen-thirties, the archaeological site at Ostia Antica became a place where the latest advances in the field of restoration were applied through original approaches while, at the same time, new and intriguing working strategies were put to the test.

La storia del Mediterraneo è la storia delle sue coste e delle sue isole e di tutte le rotte che, intersecandolo, hanno diffuso civiltà, culture, pensieri. Tutta la storia e la vita dell’uomo, ogni suo evento, ogni sua speranza, ogni sua realizzazione, è sempre avvenuta, in qualche modo, sul mare o attraverso il mare.

This paper is based on the master’s thesis work conducted by D.Ph. Pocobelli in Sapienza University of Rome in 2014. Although the Aghios Konstantinos Church is currently under restoration processes, this research took place before the restoration of the dome, now finalised. Aghios Konstantinos Church was designed by architect Lysandros Kaftantzoglou at the end of the 19th century. It was being built for more than 20 years, and it was completed after its author’s death. The main façade is characterised by three different levels: the ground floor, the mezzanine or gynaeceum, and the dome.

The Sanctuary of “Santa Maria delle Grazie” at Fornò is in the countryside near Forlì(Italy). The first edification time was in 1450, the today's configuration was reached at the beginning of the sixteenth century, due to various modifications: from static necessities to changes in tastes related to the time, as well as natural disasters and war damage.

The studies developed by the team of the School of Specialization in Architectural Heritage and Landscape of "Sapienza" University of Rome, concerned the mosaics, mural paintings and coloring have been aimed to the comprehension of the complicated relation between the single analyzed part and the architectural complex. The ”reading” of the current state of the Basilica, i.e. the historical events that made it as we can see today, has been the starting point for the necessary critical to start the restoration project. Mosaics decorated all the walls in the Church of the Nativity.

The studies developed by the team of the School of Specialization in Architectural Heritage and Landscape of "Sapienza" University of Rome, concerned the mosaics, mural paintings and coloring have been aimed to the comprehension of the complicated relation between the single analyzed part and the architectural complex. The ”reading” of the current state of the Basilica, i.e. the historical events that made it as we can see today, has been the starting point for the necessary critical to start the restoration project.

The studies developed by the team of the School of Specialization in Architectural Heritage and Landscape of "Sapienza" University of Rome, concerned the mosaics, mural paintings and coloring have been aimed to the comprehension of the complicated relation between the single analyzed part and the architectural complex. The ”reading” of the current state of the Basilica, i.e. the historical events that made it as we can see today, has been the starting point for the necessary critical to start the restoration project.

The studies developed by the team of the School of Specialization in Architectural Heritage and Landscape of "Sapienza" University of Rome, concerned the mosaics, mural paintings and coloring have been aimed to the comprehension of the complicated relation between the single analyzed part and the architectural complex. The ”reading” of the current state of the Basilica, i.e. the historical events that made it as we can see today, has been the starting point for the necessary critical to start the restoration project.

"Architecture RePerformed: The Politics of Reconstruction" presents a selection of eight essays concerning international case studies of recent architectural and urban reconstruction processes, including both Western and Eastern cultural experiences. These texts are briefly introduced by the editor, Tino Mager, an art and architectural historian. The aim of the book is explicit and amply anticipated by the title, which highlights the editor's central focus on the overall political matrix of reconstruction processes, regardless of the cultural framework they are set into.